The
Mammatech Corporation, parent company of MammaCare®, was selected as a winner
in the 10th annual National Health Information Awards. This program
recognizes the nation’s best consumer health information programs and
materials.
The MammaCare Personal Learning System
with Open Captions, designed to teach proficient breast self-examination to
women who are deaf or hard of hearing, received a Merit Award for Health
Promotion/Disease and Injury Prevention Information. The system was developed
and tested with the support of the National Cancer Institute. Those involved in the
design, testing, and production of the MammaCare Personal Learning System with Open
Captions are Dr. Mary Ann Mehn, Dr. Mark K. Goldstein, and Dr. Henry
Pennypacker.
"We were delighted to participate in the National Health
Information Awards Program and were honored to be selected as a winner," said
Dr. Goldstein. "Our winning entry was among the nearly 1,100 entries judged by
a national panel of health information experts."
The awards program is coordinated by the Health Information
Resource Center, a national clearinghouse for consumer health information
programs and materials. The Center, which houses a large collection of public and private sector materials, promotes the distribution of accurate,
timely consumer health information materials to professionals and managers in
the field.
